I found such a photo on the Internet and became interested in what function such a structure could perform.

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    My guess is that it will be a “nature highway” so migratory species can cross over the road

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      These are great for wildlife as they provide a safe crossing over high-speed highways. They are usually design to be in already existing migration paths where moving a proposed highway may not work and not disrupting migration paths is of importance.

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        It’s also amazing visually! Forget regular highways! Let’s have buried highways! That’s especially good for if our country is invaded because we can install physical barriers to logistical supply lines against us!

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          Possibly but I’d think it’s still safer than vehicles and less disruptive to overall migration for a given species.

          I wonder if there’s been any studies showing how effective, if at all, these are.

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            I’d like to read about that,understand how it’s done. it’s a thought I have whenever I see them but of course the professionals designing them would have thought about it.

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              IIRC they just hire someone to sit there and say “shoo” at any potential predators

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                How can I get this job? I’m almost 40 and I haven’t been eaten by a mountain lion yet. 100% success. I’m qualified.

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      This is the one! They’re ridiculously effective, so much so that my home provinces is sinking like 250 million into building 5 more of them over the next 5 years

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        It actually takes 50 million to make these? Gimme 50 good men who want to be millionaires and we can figure out the capital cost between us.